McCain: Rice could change my mind on Secretary of State vote — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice should have the opportunity to change his mind about a potential nomination to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, days after the Arizona lawmaker pledged to block her nomination.

Race rants over Rice — Republicans last week finally began hitting back at the absurd accusation by their Capitol Hill adversaries that criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice is racist and sexist. — “When you can't answer the question, you attack the questioner,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham …

Saturday Night Card Game (WaPo plays the Rice card) — I know I sound like a broken record. — Everytime I think the Democratic race card players could not get more vile, more deranged, more patronizingly demeaning to blacks, someone manages to defy even my vivid imagination.

Rising Seas, Vanishing Coastlines — THE oceans have risen and fallen throughout Earth's history, following the planet's natural temperature cycles. Twenty thousand years ago, what is now New York City was at the edge of a giant ice sheet, and the sea was roughly 400 feet lower.

“Impossible” to end drug trade, says Calderón — ENDING the consumption and the trafficking of illegal drugs is “impossible”, according to Felipe Calderón, Mexico's outgoing president. In an interview with The Economist Mr Calderón, whose battle with organised crime …

Explosions hit church at Nigeria army base — Car bombs believed to be detonated by suicide bombers reportedly kill at least 11 at a church in a military barracks. — At least 11 people have reportedly been killed after car bombs were detonated at a Protestant church inside a military barracks in Jaji in Nigeria's Kaduna State.

McCain on abortion: GOP should leave issue alone — Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Sunday the GOP needs to embrace a bigger tent and immigration reform - and leave abortion “alone” in the wake of the disappointing 2012 presidential elections. — “We have to have a bigger tent.

Levin: Obama must warn Morsi over power grab — Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that he believes President Obama must signal strong concern to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi over the leader's move to exempt himself from judicial oversight.

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